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Roasted Fennel with Grains of Paradise, Honey and Thyme

January 25, 2013 by Ariel 1 Comment

I meant to post this yesterday but life had decided otherwise…

 Here’s the first recipe of many others where I’m using the amazing grains of paradise that we learned about in my previous post.  Like I told you in that post, one of my favorite uses for these amazing peppery seeds is on roasted veggies and what’s better than roast fennel bulbs seriously.  This recipe is simple and delicious plus you can serve this side dish with pretty much anything.  I personally love it on the side of  a big juicy steak 😉

Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Recipes, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: alligator pepper, cooking, fennel, grains of paradise, honey, peppery, recipe, roasted, roasting, seed, side dish, spicy, sweet, thyme, vegetable

Grains of Paradise / Alligator Pepper

January 23, 2013 by Ariel 4 Comments

I love being adventurous in my kitchen.  As much as I don’t like to over complicate things when it comes to cooking, discovering new spices is one of my favorite activities and thank you so much for the local groceries and the amazing website MySpiceSage.com, trying and learning about spices from all around the globe is now simple, affordable (most time) and so delicious…

I recently came across some GRAINS OF PARADISE also called alligator pepper on myspicesage and I just had to try it!   I fell in love with the name at first, then my stomach started calling for it the more and more I was reading about their taste and history.  Today I wanted to post a recipe of roasted fennel and grains of paradise but since the story of these little seeds is so interesting, I thought you guys deserve a bit of theory before anything.

Ready for this culinary adventure?

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Filed Under: Ingredient Spotlight Tagged With: Aframomum Melequeta, alligator pepper, grains of paradise, Guinea Grains, Guinera Pepper, information, medieval, roots, west africa

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Ariel. French Canadian, digital nomad and creative soul in constant evolution. Mostly extroverted and a little introverted too. Awkward at times yet pretty joyful and easy going most of times. Through my wanders & culinary discoveries I hope to become a better cook and a better person. Follow my delicious adventures and let's share a piece of time together.

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